Revs sign former major leaguer, trade Lopez

The York Revolution have a little more depth on their roster after signing former major league outfielder Danny Bautista. Bautista played for four major league teams, and retired during spring training in 2005 because of a lingering ankle injury. The injury had affected his back and knee, so he hung it up at the age of 32 with a career major league batting average of .272.

But now he's back.

And here's the bad news.

In order to make room for Bautista on the roster, the Revs lost some depth in the infield. York shipped third baseman Luis Lopez to Camden for the always interesting "future considerations."

Love the Bautista signing. It helps fill the void created when right fielder Tike Redman signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles last week.

But it's always a little fishy when two teams owned by Opening Day Partners pull off a trade, especially when a former major leaguer is shipped to one team in exchange for ... nothing.

That's the Atlantic League, though.

Revs director of baseball operations Adam Gladstone said he didn't want Lopez to be lost on the York roster now that regular Vic Gutierrez has recovered from hamstring pull. The league wants players to be seen, and it would defeat the purpose of having Lopez in the league if he was riding the bench somewhere.